Nonrefillable container



A. VERMEULEN.

NONREHLLABLE CONTAINER. 4

APPLICATION FILED4 OCT. 13y 1920.

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- receptacle, which will guarantee the genu-y AURELE VERMEULEN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA;

NONREFILLABLE CONTAINER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922..

Application led 0ctober`13,'1920.. Serial No. 416,639.

To aZZwLof/n, t may concern: l Be it known that I, AURELE VERMEULEN, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, in the county of IiosAngeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nonrefillable Containers, of which the following is a specification.,

This inventionrelates to means whereby a container when once capped cannot be reilled without showing marks of refilling. The invention has for an object the. provision. of means for preventing the refilling of containers or receptacles; Another object is the provision of a device of this character which will protect the contents of a 'ineness of the contents in the receptacle and vwhich will prevent the closure member, such over said closure and twisted or otherwise permanently united, so as to seal the closure against release unless one of said wires is first severed. It is therefore obvious that if a buyer should purchase -a bottle and the sealing device was broken, there would be -presumptive evidence that the contents might have been tampered with, and the buyer would be fully justified in demanding a bottle in which the sealing means was intact.

It is obvious that a 'device of this char-l acter is simple and inexpensive, and does not require particular apparatus for a carrying'of the same into effect." It is a positive guaranty against a tampering of the contents within the container or receptacle.

The invention has for further objects the provision of an improved sealing device for receptacles which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness,

taken in conjunction with utility, durability,

and general eflic'iency and serviceabi'lity.

lVith the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, construction, combination, association and inter-relation of parts, members and features, all as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, described in the following statement, and finally pointed out in claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a fragmentary cross-sectional View of a container utilizing the improved sealing device, with said sealing device ready for use;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l,

Ashowing a closure means applied to the re: "ceptacle, and the improved sealing device passed over said closure means andpermanently 'united so as to seal the closure;

Figure 3 is a top plan View showing the sealing device passed over the closure member of ay container with the sealing device partially twisted; @Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 with the exception that the sealing device has-been flattened or heated sutliciently'to cause the sealing device to become welded;

Figure 5 show the sealing device broken or severed;

vFigure 6 is afragmentary perspective view of the sealing device a plied over the closure of said container; and) Figure 7 shows the sealing device severe Correspondingparts in all the figures are l designated by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, A designates a container and B a sealing device adapted to extend over a closure member C applied to said container` in such relation thatthesealing device B must have one of its members severed in orj y. ,l

der to release the closure C.

In the drawing the container A is'shownf l l in the form of a bottle having the usual neck, 1, provided with a rim 2. 'When the container A is first made, in the case of a bottle, the sealing device B, which may include metallic members 3 and 4, have one of their ends, as 5v and 6, permanently embedded in the rim portion 2 of the container A.. The metallic members 3 and 4 preferably have their ends curled, as sho-wn at 7 and 8, so that it would be difiicult in any manner to pull the members 3 and 4 from the rim portion 2 of the container A. Obvious-ly, to merely insert a metallic member within the rim portion 2 without in some manner twisting the end would allow the metallic member to be easily removed and a new metallic member inserted with some adhesive substance.

As shown in Figure 1, the sealing means B may comprise' but two members as 3 and 4 permanently embedded at some portion in the container. Where two members are used, as shown, it is preferable to locate them on diametrically opposite sides of the container and adjacent the opening in said container. Obviously, it would be an easy matter to provide the container with a plurality of sucht sealing means, each one of which was .held at a plurality'of points in the container.

Referring to Figure 2. it will be observed that the container A has been filled with some substance such as liquid 9, and that a closure member such as a cork 10 has been inserted in the opening of the container A.

ln Figure 3 the sealing device B which, as

stated, may comprise metallic members 3 and 4, are brought upwardly and allowed to extend over the cork lO'whereupon the ends as 11 and 12 are given'a half twist. In Figure 4 the head portion 13 where the ends as 11 and 12 were twisted, has been flattened or heated sufliciently so as to weld a joint at the head portion 13 of the ends 11 and 12 of the sealing device B.' bviously, the ends 11 and l2, instead of being welded together. might have a drop `rof solder placed thereon, however, the solder might be burned off and this would defeat theivery objects of the means as stated in the first part of this specification. Some device might be placed over the ends such as 'a ring member, but

a person tampering with the bottle and de.

siring to remove the contents might be able to remove the ring so that the cork might be lifted a sufficient distance to allow the contents to be contaminated or removed, or-

` a manufacturer to guarantee the genuineness of the contents in avreceptacle. The sealing device may be made of metal or might be made of textile material, wood or rubber, so that a deformation of the sealing device would easily lead to discovery that the contents within the container had been tampered with. f

' The sealing device B might be of some' material that would break easily; that is to say, if the sealing device was brought up andover the closure member and given a half twist, as shown in Figure 3, a releasing from said twist would tend to separate one of the parts from the other and make a re-joining of the parts impossible, for if it were attempted to again twist them into the shape shown in Figure 3, one of the members or both of them would give way.

It is obvious thatmany changes and variations and modifications may be made in departure from the particular description and showing of' the accompanying drawing in adapting the invention to varying condi'- tions and requirements of use and service without departing from the true spirit o the invention.

I claim: 1. A container formed with an enlargement surrounding the orifice portion hereof; there being means adapted to close the orifice of said container; a sealing device having a portion thereof embedded in said enlargement and projecting from the under surface of said enlargement and over the means adapted to close the orifice.

2. A container formed .with an enlargeenlargement and projecting from the under surface of said enlargement and over the means adapted to close the orifice; the embedded portion of said-sealing device being provided with curled ends to prevent an easy removal of said sealing device. v

4. As an article of manufacture, a bottle including the usual neck portion, there being means adapted to be received within the having a portion thereof embedded in the neck and projecting transversely outwardly from the periphery thereof; said means being adapted to pass over the means for closing the bottle. j

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.'

AURELE VERMEULEN.

Witnesses:

J. CALVIN BROWN, EDNA TURNER.

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